Dyeing machine



May 16, 1933. B. soRoKA 1,909,232

DYEING MACHINE Filed sept. 5, 195o s sheets-sheet 1 J4 57 as sa 42 37 34TTORNEY May 16, 1933. B. soRoKA 1,909,232

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FIG' 4 jATT'OP/VEK Patented May y16, v1933 AQU-euren,-ks'rarris BERNARDvSOROKA, F LACI-IINE, QUEBEC, CANADA DYEING MACHINE 'Appncanon medseptember-5,1930. serial No. 479,882.

The inventionv relates to a dyeing machine, as described in the presentspecification and illustrated' in they accompanying drawings c that formpart of the saine. f

The invention VVconsists essentially in the novel means employed ofisegregating and Vhandling pieces' of work and in the means employed ofdistributing the dye, as pointed out inA the claims for noveltyvfollowing Va description in detail ofthe preferred forni of theinvention. Y n

The objects ofthe. invention are to eliminate the buncliing of goods andthe conseb quent infolding, whereby the dye stuff will 'i5 be apt toaccumulate and be pocketed Athereby disturbing the evenness of the colorthroughout; to avoid the creasing ofV clothes in the kettle, thusmaterially lessening the labor or A pressing; to facilitate theoperations o f dyeing by maintaining a constant agitation of thedyeingsolution and of the pieces being dyed; to enable the operatorv to removepieces requiring ashorter period of immersion than the other pieces;` toeconomize -in so far as time and labor are concerned through themechanical appliances Aand through the proper distribution of the dyestuff;4 and generally to provide for dyeing establishments asystematicand eiiicient apparatus requiring the minimum of expertattention and at the same time accomplishing the maximum output.l p Inthe drawings, Figure l is a front elevational view showing the liftingand agitating devices. n Figure 2 is a plan view of the kettle andcontents. Y Y

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the kettle showing the devicesused in removing the dyed garments from the boxes or 're-` ceptacles. y,Figure 4 is a side View of the machine showing Dthe interior and themovingdevices andv omitting the lifting and agitating. mechanism. v

Figure 5 is a perspective detail of the re-` ceptacle frame. Y

Figure 6 is a perspective detail ofthe work receptacle-or box. 0 Figure7 is an elevationalfview of the lifting and agitating frame, containinga modi-r fied form of work holder.

Figure 8 is a front elevational view of the'v frame and Work holderillustrated in Fig-` ure 7. n 55' Figure 9 is an enlarged detail of thework clamp for holding piece goods at the ends.

Figure l0 is an enlarged detail vof the wedge block and operating arm.Figures ll and l2 show modified holders. f 60` Vtop and the front beingjoined to close the receptacle by the snap fastener 23, thus a boxis'fornied for containing thev pieces `of goods or work, whichareint-ended to be dyed.

rlhere are several ofY these boxes, asmany as will comfortably fillY thekettle and they are made of suitable material, such ascopper wire orcoated wire, or such metal aswill noty be affected by the dye solutionto the detriment of the garments, cloth or other materials beingtreated.

The frame 24 is preferably formed of anglebars of suitable material andbraces 26' which are riveted` together to form a bottom, sides andfback,adaptedA torcontain the receptacles l5 resting on the brackets 27 andslidable thereon. fThe liftingvbars Q8 are secured to the ends of thelframe and extend upwardly therefrom, each set of lifting barsconverging to andV carrying at their upper angle ends the pins 29extending transversely and out-` wardly therefrom through theyconnecting rods 30 Yhaving' the longitudinal slots 31.

'The'connecting rods 30 connect the lifting bars 28 to the crank shaft32, andy particularly to the cranks 33, the crank shaft 32 beingjournalled in the bearingsf'34 and operated" through the gear mechanism35 by the motor 100 36, thus as the crank shaft 32 is slowly turned, thecranks are rotated and lift the frame 24 through the lifting bars 28 andas this frame is lifted the boxes or receptacles are also lifted, and asthe boxes or receptacles 15 are lowered, the dye solution is thoroughlydistributed, that is to say, the lifting of the work in the boxes has atend ency to disturb the solution which recovers on the lowering of theboxes or receptacles, causing a continuous. swishing of' the fluid and ashaking up of the work that effects a thorough penetration of the dyestuff into the garment ory other article being treated.

The cord drums 37 are loosely mounted on the shaft 32, but not slidablethereon and the clutch members 38 extend inwardly t0- wards the centerof the shaft and coact with the clutch members 39 keyed to the shaft 32`and slidable thereon, the clutch members 39 encircling the springs l0between the bearing and keyed ends lll, said springs l0 engaging thefixed collars 42 on the shaft 32 and cxerting pressure against the innerends of the clutch members 39, in order to hold said clutch members 39from the clutch members 38 at all times except during the operation.

The wedge block and brake member i3 is intended to split the clutchmembers 39 and 3. `)force them into engagement with the clutch members38, this wedge block being carried at the end of the pivoted arm 44which is pivoted in the bracket l5 and which has the iandle end 46adapted to be locked under i) the catch during the operation.

This clutch is operated to bring the cord drums into lifting engagementwith the lifting bars 28, through the cords i8 wound on said drums andattached to said lifting bars,

4Q; and it will be noticed that as the shaft rotates, the cords wind onthe drums and draw on the lifting frame 24 and the result of this isthat the pins 29 slide upwardly in the slotted connecting rods 30,therefore the cranks .1533.3 are rotating idly until the frame 24 isagainy lowered.

In Figures 3 and l the means for removing the dyed garments from theboxes or receptacles is shownv and it will be seen in these 5Qgliguresthat the kettle i9 has the extending basin at one end on which ismounted a grating 56., this basin 55 supports the boxes or receptaclescontaining the garments when they are rst pulled out from the frame and55g as a general rule, it is not necessary to pull the box completelyout, for half way is suiiicientto remove the garments, that is to say,the outer hinged half of the top of the box is turned up. and thegarment grasped and 61%; pulled out,

'Ihe dye solution dripping from the garmenty flows back into the kettlethrough the grating 56. In suits, it is better to remove them. on, ahanger indicated by the numeral" The arms 58 extend upwardly andfrontwardly from the kettle 4:9 and are joined by the shaft 59 whichcarries the pulley 60 and a smaller pulley 6l journalled on said shaft59.

A cord 62 winds on the reel 63 iixedly secured on the shaft 64journalled in suitable bearings from the side of the kettle, thecrankhandle 65 being lsecured to the end of the shaft 64.

The said cord is trained over the pulley 60 and hangs therefrom havingthe hook 66 i at the end thereof which is intended to grasp the hanger57 with the garment thereon and be elevated to the clothes line 67trained around the pulley 61 and around a smaller pulley beyond.

The faucet 68 is mounted on the kettle i9 at the lower end thereof andforms the means of draining the solution from said kettle.

In the same views'ligures 3 `and 4 the steam connection is shown in thepipe 69 to the steam jacket around the kettle for heating purposes. Ofcourse the dye stuli' may be heated by means of an open steam connectioninto the kettle. There are several ways of doing this.

In Figures 7 and 8, another form of work holder is shown, somewhatdifferentfrom the box or receptacle. In this form the racks 70 slide inthe same kind of slideways already described, but herein indicated bythe numeral 7l, and these racks have the rails 72y in A staggeredarrangement from the bar 73 to the bar 74C'.

The end rails 75 and 76 form clamps and are split, the split pieces ineach case being held together by the screws 77 and 78. y

These racks 70 may be bodily removed from the frame and doused in areceptacle of cold water afterV which the piece goods. indicated by thenumeral 79` are removed..

Briefly the operation of the machine is as follows The pieces of goods,which are to be segregated are laid inthe di'lferent boxes orreceptacles, which, as has been stated befor may be made of any suitablematerial, that is to say, they may be perforated boxes or they may bewire mesh receptacles as found desirable, the only necessity being thefree circulation of the dyeing solution through ythe ends, top, bottom,back and front of the enclosure.

In the beginning the garments or stuif material or furs, are laid in theopen box, which at the moment has the top wide open, then the top isfastened as explained so as to leave a perfectly flat top surface.

The boxes are then laid on the slideways. in the frame, one above theother until! the frame is completely filled, that is whe-re there is afull load, each van being forced Vinwardly beyond the spring rubbingcatches 5l, of course one box may be treated or two,fiasthe case may be,though as a general rule they will all be well filled and it will beseen that the different pieces of clothes cannot fall against or rollinto one another. One ybox may contain a full suit of clothes, or it maybe used for one part of a suit, the chief feature being that there arenot a lot of different pieces of clothes all bundled together.

The frame is now lowered into the dye solution in the kettle 49 which isheated by open steam heat or by a steam jacket or by any other heatingsystem, herein indicated by the numeral 50 and as the shaft 32 is free,the boxes or receptacles may be lowered without hindrance though it isavery simple matter to avoid any sudden drop by laying a hand on theshaft or holding back the drums.

As soo-n as the frame reaches the bottom` of the kettle, the power isturned on and the shaft caused to rotate, and as this shaft rotates, thecranks raise and lower theframe 24 through the connecting rods 30, andthis operation is continued, until it is thought the dyeing of the workis complete. Y The? handle of the shifting device is then operated,which causes the drums to rotate thereby winding up on the cord andlifting the frame 24 clear of the solution.

This lifting operation may be controlled by the shifting wedge beingbrought into close contact with thexshaft 32 by means of the handlewhich is depressed to cause a braking action on the shaft. Of course itis obvious that this lifting operation may occur at any time, and theclothes in any receptacle may be examined at any time, so when it isdesirable to remove any piece of work it can be done with ease by simplypulling out the box without removing the rest of the boxes orreceptacles and then sliding it back again, consequently the work ofdyeing is very much facilitated and better results can be obtained, asit is not necessary to leave a piece of goods requiring less'immersionin the solution for the full time that is required for other pieces, infact the operator who understands the work of dyeing goods may useudgment and discretion in the matter of removing pieces which accordingto their texture and. color do not require the same immersion as others.

There are a great many advantages, especially in the mechanical devicesemployed for removing the goods and for agitating that afford the dyeingestablishments opportunities to carry on the work economically andeiiiciently.

In Figures 11 and l2 the receptacle or holder is a complete wire meshboX 80 of rectangular form having the sliding drawer shelves 81closingone end and the handles 82 for pulling out the shelves, whichslide on the strip brackets 83 secured to the frame 84'. This holder isdropped into the lifting and agitating frame.

What I claim is 1. A dyeing machine comprising a tub containing aremovable frame having tray supports therein, open mesh wire basketshaving wire covers and forming the trays supported in said frame andslidable outwardly therefrom over the upper edge of the tub,

means lfor reciprocating said frame and trays `ly slotted connectingbars operatively connected to said frame, suspension and elevatingmembers for Vdrawing up said frame clear of the engagement of said barswith said frame, and means for clutching and declutchingsaid elevatingmechanism.

3. In a dyeing machine, a tub, a frame slidable inwardly to andoutwardly from said tub, trays having openings in the walls thereof, andsupported in said frame, pins extending outwardly from the upper end ofsaid frame, an elevating and suspending mechanism formed of cables anddrums mounted on a shaft and clutchable thereto, means for operatingsaid shaft, a crank mechanism operated 'with said shaft andreciprocating longitudinally slotted bars adapted to engage said pins atthe lower end of the slot, and to form paths for the slidable upwardmovement of said pins and means for operating said shaft.

4L. In a dyeing machine, a tub having a tray shelf at one end, a frameadapted to be raised and lowered in said tub, and having a limitedreciprocatory movement, trays slidably arranged in said frame andwithdrawable therefrom on said shelf, a reciprocating esY mechanismhaving a shaft suitably driven of June 1930.

BERNARD SOROKA.

